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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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